[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 175 (Monday, September 9, 1996)] [Notices] [Pages 47510-47511] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 96-22865] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket Nos. ER96-1663-000, EC96-19-000 and EL96-48-000] Pacific Gas and Electric Company, San Diego Gas & Electric Company, Southern California Edison Company; Notice of Speakers and Panels for Technical Conference August 30, 1996. As previously announced (61 FR 42878 (Aug. 19, 1996)), the Commission Staff will convene a two-day technical conference in the captioned proceedings to be held on Thursday, September 12 and Friday, September 13, 1996, at the offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426. The technical conference will commence at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday, September 12, 1996. The starting time for the second day of the technical conference, Friday September 13, 1996, has been changed to 9:00 a.m. The technical conference will be open to all interested persons. More interested persons desired to speak at the technical conference than the time allotted would have allowed. Therefore, based on the requests to participate, the Commission Staff has assembled panels of speakers representing a broad spectrum of interests and views for each panel. A list of the speakers and panels for the technical conference is contained in the Attachment. For Further Information Contact: Stephen T. Greenleaf, Office of Electric Power Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208-0430 David E. Mead, Office of Economic Policy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208- 0438 Lois D. Cashell, Secretary. Panels for Staff Conference on WEPEX Each panelist should plan on a five minute presentation followed by questions from the Commission Staff. Thursday, September 12, 1996 Agenda Panel 1--Market Power The panelists will discuss the market power analyses presented by the applicants, including related topics, such as the role of demand- side bidding; effect of any performance-based ratemaking; the role of the power exchange; the appropriate monitoring program; any mitigation measures that may be needed; and the effect of zones on market power; as well as other issues concerning market power that participants wish to address. Joe D. Pace, for Pacific Gas & Electric Company Paul Joskow, Elizabeth and James Killian, Professor of Economics and Management, Head, Department of Economics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, for Southern California Edison Company William Hieronymus, for San Diego Gas & Electric Company Scott Hempling, Toward Utility Rate Normalization Evelyn K. Elsesser, Energy Producers and Users Coalition Dennis W. Carlton, for Sacramento Municipal Utility District Sara D. Schotland, Electricity Consumers Resource Council Lunch Panel 2--Transmission Pricing The panelists will discuss transmission pricing issues, including cost recovery and access charges; market efficiency, cost shifting; congestion management issues; ancillary services and losses issues; and the appropriate use of zones. Stephen J. Metague, Manager of Grid Customer Services, Pacific Gas & Electric Company Maureen Palmer, Bulk Power Special Projects, Los Angeles, Department of Water and Power Barbara Barkovich, for California Large Energy Consumers' Association Clifford B. Rochlin, Market Advisor, Southern California Gas Company W. Kent Palmerton, Manager of Industry Restructuring Programs, Northern California Power Agency Larry Klein, City and County of San Francisco, California Friday, September 13, 1996 Agenda Panel 3--Transmission Expansion and Transmission Rights/TCCs The panelists will discuss transmission expansion issues, including who builds and pays for new facilities and the proper incentives to ensure that necessary new transmission facilities are constructed. The panelists will also discuss physical transmission rights and role of financial instruments, i.e., Transmission Congestion Contracts (TCCs). The Commission staff is interested in comments addressing the interaction of proposed WEPEX transmission rights and TCCs with the Commission's pending CRT proposal. Geoff Gaebe, Group Manager, San Diego Gas & Electric Company Ron Nunnally, Manager of Grid Planning and Strategy, Southern California Edison Company Jeffrey K. Hartman, Director, Wholesale, Cogeneration and UEG Segments, Southern California Gas Company Robert A. Levin, Senior Vice-President of the New York Mercantile Exchange Keith McCrea, California Manufacturers Association W. Kent Palmerton, Manager of Industry Restructuring Programs, Northern California Power Agency [[Page 47511]] Panel 4--ISO Facilities and Operations The panelists will discuss the transmission/distribution split; what control will be transferred from utilities to the ISO; the ISO's integration of national, regional and individual transmission owner operational criteria; and the incentives the ISO will have to achieve operational efficiency. Dennis N. Benevides, Senior Transmission Planning Engineer, Pacific Gas & Electric Company Sohrab A. Yari, Transmission Planning Supervisor, San Diego Gas & Electric Company Armie Perez, Manager of Transmission Planning, Southern California Edison Company Marcie Edwards, Director of Bulk Power, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Chris Kiriakou, Assistant General Manager of Energy Resources, Turlock Irrigation District Jeffrey C. Miller, Supervisor of Transmission Planning for the Sacramento Municipal Utility District and Chairman of the Western Systems Coordinating Council (WSCC) Reliability Subcommittee Lunch Panel 5--Scheduling, Bidding, Settlements and the Role of Scheduling Coordinators The panelists will discuss the integration of PX bidding and bilateral schedules; the types of information that should flow among the PX, ISO and scheduling coordinators; the advantages and disadvantages of ISO/PX separation; unit commitment decision making; ancillary services issues; must-run and overgeneration criteria. John Ballance, Manager of Grid Dispatch, Southern California Edison Company Susan J. Mara, Director of Transmission Policy and Pricing, Pacific Gas & Electric Company Eric C. Woychik, Utility Consumers' Action Network Jan Smutny-Jones, Executive Director, Independent Energy Producers Association Thomas Beach, for Watson Cogeneration Company Barbara Barkovich, for California Large Energy Consumers Association [FR Doc. 96-22865 Filed 9-6-96; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-M